Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 42°F
Winds: NE 15mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
Most of the action during this morning’s walk at the State Park was over the water. Northern Gannets were streaming by the hundreds, a Horned Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser and Long-tailed Ducks were feeding in the surf close to the beach, and scoters and loons flew a bit further out. Roosting on the beach were a good variety of gull species in various plumages. A Common Raven, until quite recently a very uncommon species here, was being chased by a group of American Crows and later a group of Fish Crows flew over, obliging calling to confirm their ID.
41 species
| Species | Count |
| Brant (Atlantic) | 12 |
| Canada Goose | 4 |
| Mute Swan | 14 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 2 |
| Northern Shoveler | 9 |
| Gadwall | 15 |
| Mallard | 8 |
| American Black Duck | 24 |
| Green-winged Teal (American) | 4 |
| Surf Scoter | 9 |
| Black Scoter | 38 |
| Long-tailed Duck | 2 |
| Bufflehead | 4 |
 Bufflehead photo by Roger Horn |
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 Bufflehead photo by Roger Horn |
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| Red-breasted Merganser | 1 |
| Ruddy Duck | 2 |
| Horned Grebe | 1 |
| American Coot | 2 |
| American Oystercatcher | 4 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 12 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 66 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 35 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 |
| Red-throated Loon | 15 |
| Common Loon | 1 |
| Northern Gannet | 120 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 3 |
| American Crow | 4 |
| Fish Crow | 5 |
| Common Raven | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 5 |
| Winter Wren | 1 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 9 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 1 |
| Hermit Thrush | 1 |
 Hermit Thrush photo by Roger Horn |
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 Hermit Thrush photo by Roger Horn |
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| American Robin | 80 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 2 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 15 |
